John Beaglehole
Professor John Cawte Beaglehole OM CMG (June 13, 1901–October 10, 1971) was born in Wellington, New Zealand.
After graduating from Victoria University College New Zealand, he gained a PhD at the London School of Economics, where he was a student of Harold Laski.
After his doctoral studies he was a historian based mainly at Victoria where he was Professor of British Commomwealth History. He wrote the definitive biography of James Cook, the 18th century English explorer-seaman, and edited his Journals.
Works
- The Exploration of the Pacific,London: Adam & Charles Black,1934.
- The Life of Captain James Cook, London: Adam & Charles Black, 1974.
- Journals of Captain Cook, abridged edition, ISBN 0140436472
- Discovery of New Zealand
External links
- John Cawte Beaglehole Letters, 12 August 1926 - 3 November 1927
- Beaglehole, Tim. 'Beaglehole, John Cawte 1901 - 1971'. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (last update 16 December 2003)
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